Kim Tae Won’s sharpened skills were seen on the stage. He traveled around to Masan, Gwangju, but it was Yongin Tourist Cabaret that became his “nest“. Playing music was hard labor. He had to stand on the stage for more than 3 hours everyday. He can deal with tiredness thanks for the hot response from the audience, but the problem was drunk customers. Starting with insults, he was knowcked down miserably several times.

“음악에 투신한 뒤 처음으로 회의를 느꼈다. 돈벌이 수단으로만 여겼다면 일찍 그만뒀을 거다.”

“For the first time since I engaged myself in music, I felt pessimistic. Had I thought of music as merely to earn money, I would have quit a long time ago.”

My one day salary was one thousand won. It was barely than enough for living, but meals were provided in his lodging. The dining table was simple. Rice and a sour kimchi. When he feels hungry, he’d have dessert in a near teahouse. He orders “Ssanghoicha” and enjoyed the music. The rest of his money was used to rent the music studio. He could practice in his lodging, but he worried he’d be kicked out. He didn’t want to be a frog in the well. He wanted to see a larger world.

서문악기사에서 바람은 이뤄졌다. He came to meet musicians from various genre, and exchange information with them. He also made friends who had the same meaning (intention) with him. Starting from the bassist Lee Tae-Yoon whom he met through his act on the trumpet, he made a band with drummer Hwang Tae-Soon and guitarist Lee Jiung. The name used the final subtitle of the movie “Gone with the Wind,” “The End”.

After Kim Jong-Seo joined them, the band The End planned a concert. Kim Tae-Won, aside from playing guitar, was in charge of promotion. Busily going around Myeongdong, Daehangro, and other places, he attached leaflets on telephone poles and building walls. It was a solemnly illegal act. 경찰관을 따돌리지 못하면 어김없이 파출소로 끌려갔다. It was actually a small crime that he should be released after being admonished, but Kim Tae-Won was an exception. He was yelled at and hit with a heavy stick. It was because of a negative view toward unknown musicians.